Hello Tractor is Zipcar for the farming set–and in Nigeria, it just might change the lives of a lot of farmers. Six months ago, Jehiel Oliver left behind a comfortable life in Washington, D.C. to work ...

Jehiel Oliver, then a financial expert working in the United States, was getting restless. He wanted a new challenge whose impact would be felt by a significant portion of the population. In his ...

IBM Research and agtech startup Hello Tractor have developed an AI and blockchain-driven platform for Africa’s farmers. The two companies will pilot the product in 2019 through an ongoing partnership ...

When we last <a href="http://americaninno.com/chicago/2014/06/03/hello-tractor-looks-to-revolutionize-farming-in-nigeria/" target="_blank">caught up</a> with the guys ...

For years he had two feet planted firmly on the ground as a corporate investment banker. Now, with a little start-up money, Jehiel Oliver runs a small Anacostia-based company, with a plan to solve a ...

MOLINE, Ill., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) has made a minority investment in Hello Tractor, an ag-tech company based in Nairobi, Kenya. Hello Tractor connects tractor owners ...

At the trendy South by Southwest conference in mid-March, there was buzz about music, movies, President Obama's keynote address... and tractors. Why? Because there's a new, low-cost (but pretty smart) ...

For small-scale farmers in Nigeria, especially in the northern parts of the country, getting tractors to use on their farmlands to boost their yield has always been difficult. However since mid-2014, ...